Data tables, figures, and pictures are complete, easy to read and add significantly to the understanding of the study.

Quotations are documented and support assertions or warrants.

Data address the problems, questions, or hypotheses.

Discussion/Conclusions

The conclusions are supported by the data.

The conclusions address the problems, questions, or hypotheses.

The conclusions make a convincing argument for the importance/significance of the study for science, mathematics or technology teaching and learning.

Style and expression

The manuscript includes an abstract.

The title conveys the nature of the study.

The manuscript follows the instructed style.

The manuscript is clear, concise and easy to read.

Reviewer recommendations

Along with your comments on the review and answers to the editor’s questions, the report should contain a recommendation to the editor. Your options may include:

Accept Submission: The manuscript would be suitable for publication in its current form (after copy-editing and proofreading).

Revisions Required: The manuscript could be suitable for publication after the author(s) have responded to the reviewer comments and made changes where appropriate. These changes could include referencing another work or a rewrite of a few sections.

Resubmit for Review: The manuscript could be suitable for publication after the author(s) have responded to the reviewer comments and made changes where necessary. These changes could include redoing experiments or a substantial rewrite of several sections.

Resubmit Elsewhere: The manuscript is not suitable for the journal it was submitted to, but the content is good and could be suitable for a different journal.

Decline Submission: The manuscript is not suitable and it should not be considered further.

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